How do I eject a blank DVD....

....that is NOT showing up on the desktop??
I had the same problem with iDVD '08 that many others were having and found the solution in this forum and thanks a lot for that fix! It worked like a charm!
But I still have work to do on a video in iMovie before I burn it to a DVD but there's already a blank DVD in the machine but how do I get it out?????
Thanks!!!

Thanks but that's the first place that I checked (system preferences) and I have it set to open iDVD when inserting a blank DVD.....not 'ignore'. But thanks for the suggestion.
Seems that it has something to do with the leftover files from the older version of iDVD. The new version in iLife '08 needs some minor tweaking to get it to open.

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